The history of hydrology

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Landa, Edward; Ince, Simon
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: History of geophysics, v. 3
Subjects:
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1029/HG003
Item Description: "A collection of new as well as previously published articles"--T.p. verso.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xi, 122 p.) : ill., maps, ports.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781118665398 (electronic bk.)
1118665392 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: GB659
CLC: P33-09
Contents: Darcy' law: its physical theory and application to entrapment of oil and gas / M King Hubbert -- The Alexandrian equation / Luna B Leopold -- The last word on science / Bruce R Wheaton -- Some early attempts at theory formation in fluid mechanics / Simon Ince -- Medieval Saint Barbara worship and professional traditions in early mining and applied earth sciences / HO Pfannkuch -- A history of paleoflood hydrology in the United States, 1800-1970 / John E Costa -- Measuring the rivers of the past: a history of fluvial paleohydrology / Peter C Patton -- Discovery of the aquifers of the New Jers